Dec. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3733

bed for seven miles, and thence a further nine miles as last described above. Road formation is in course of construction for the seven miles noted above.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, twenty-one years, without right of renewal.
2. One half-year’s rent at the rate offered, together with lease fee £1 1s., to be paid on the fall of the hammer.
3. Possession will be given on day of sale, when rent will commence.
4. Rent to be paid half-yearly in advance.
5. All persons duly authorized in that behalf shall have free right of ingress, egress; and regress for such purpose as the Commissioner of Crown Lands may deem expedient.
6. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbrier on the land, and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, broom, sweetbrier, ragwort, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner.
7. The lessee shall pay all rates, taxes, and other assessments that may become due or payable.
8. The lessee shall not fell or destroy any bush on the land, nor effect any substantial improvements, without the permission in writing of the Commissioner first had and obtained.
9. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, assign, or part with the possession of the said land and premises, or any part thereof, except with the written consent of the Commissioner first had and obtained.
10. Improvements made with permission will, prior to the expiry of the term, be valued, and the value thereof shall be a charge on the land in favour of the outgoing lessee when the land is again leased.
11. During the first year of the term the lessee shall erect on a site to be approved by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, at or near the Maruia Hot Springs, a suitable accommodation-house of cob or wood, containing at least one public room and twelve bedrooms, comfortably furnished, with at least twenty good beds with clean and suitable bedding, sheets, and blankets; he will also erect on such site a good eight-stalled stable.
12. On or before the 1st January, 1918, he shall securely fence and lay down in English grass a convenient paddock for such site containing not less than 5 acres; he will also throughout the term of his lease provide a sufficient supply of food and other provisions for man and beast at charges not exceeding the following: Meals, 2s.; beds, 3s.; horse-feeds with oats, 2s. He will furnish travellers with meals, clean and well cooked; and will also keep upon the premises a supply of good sound chaff and oats, and will provide the horses of travellers with so much thereof as their owners may reasonably demand, at the prices above mentioned.
13. On or before the 1st January, 1918, the lessee will fence in a paddock of not less than 20 acres, to be used exclusively for the accommodation of travelling stock, upon the following charges for each night: Horses, 1s. per head; cattle, 3d. per head; sheep, ½d. per head.
14. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to have been fulfilled.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

F. A. THOMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Otago Land District for Sale to Owners of Adjoining Lands.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 19th September, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the land described in the Schedule below, being land formerly reserved for railway purposes, will be sold to the owners of adjoining lands, in terms of section 131 of the Land Act, 1908, on or after Thursday, 28th December, 1916.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TUAPEKA COUNTY.—BEAUMONT SURVEY DISTRICT.

A. R. P.
SECTION 40, Block III . . . . Area, 0 2 28
" 41 " . . . . " 4 0 25

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Marlborough Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 30th October, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and amendments, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 11th December, 1916, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim. The lands in the First Schedule may be purchased for cash or by deferred payments. The lands in the Second Schedule may be purchased for cash only.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—MARLBOROUGH COUNTY.—HILLERSDEN SETTLEMENT.

Hillersden Town.

A. R. P. £ s. d.
SECTION 7: Area, 0 1 36; upset price, 10 0 0
" 8 " 0 1 36 " 10 0 0
" 9 " 0 1 36 " 10 0 0
" 10 " 0 1 36 " 10 0 0
" 11 " 0 1 36 " 10 0 0
" 12 " 0 1 36 " 10 0 0
" 13 " 0 1 36 " 10 0 0
" 14 " 0 1 36 " 10 0 0
" 15 " 0 1 36 " 10 0 0
" 16 " 0 1 36 " 10 0 0
" 19 " 0 2 0 " 10 0 0
" 20 " 0 2 0 " 10 0 0
" 21 " 0 3 8 " 15 0 0

These sections are part of the Hillersden Settlement. Distant about six miles from Wairau Valley Township, and about twenty-nine miles from Blenheim by good road. The sections are all level, and good building-sites.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—MARLBOROUGH COUNTY.—MOUNT OLYMPUS SURVEY DISTRICT.

Wairau Valley Town.

A. R. P. £ s. d.
Section 3: Area, 0 2 0; upset price, 10 0 0
" 4 " 0 2 0 " 10 0 0
" 5 " 0 2 0 " 10 0 0
" 6 " 0 2 0 " 10 0 0
" 7 " 0 2 0 " 10 0 0
" 8 " 0 2 0 " 10 0 0
" 9 " 0 2 0 " 10 0 0
" 10 " 0 2 0 " 10 0 0

These sections are close to the Hillersden Settlement in the Wairau Valley, about twenty-three miles from Blenheim by good motor-road, and are close to the post-office, hotel, school, and store. The sections are all level and good building-sites.

TERMS OF SALE OF LAND IN FIRST SCHEDULE.

(1.) Cash.—One-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter.
(2.) Deferred Payments.—5 per cent. of the purchase-money and license fee (£1 1s.) on the fall of the hammer; balance by equal annual instalments extending over nineteen years, with interest payable half-yearly at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the unpaid purchase-money; but with the right to pay off at any time the whole or any part of the outstanding amount. In either case if the purchaser fails to make any of the prescribed payments by due date, whether of purchase-money or interest, the amount (if any) already paid shall be forfeited and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

Title will be subject to section 60 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.

TERMS OF SALE OF LAND IN SECOND SCHEDULE.

One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter; otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

Title will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1908.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

H. G. PRICE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.